Vanilla Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting
Let them eat cupcakes! | 12 cupcakes
- Eggs
- Milk
- Wheat
Skip the grocery store bakery and whip up these delicious cupcakes from scratch. The best part? You don’t need any special baking tools—no stand mixer or cupcake pan required! (Cupcake cups, icing piping bag, and bragging rights are included.) With this dozen, the classic, fluffy vanilla cakes are topped with a sweet, jammy strawberry frosting. It’s the ultimate crowd-pleasing combo! You can even make decorating an interactive activity. This baking kit is about to be your new secret weapon. (Note: egg, milk, and unsalted butter not included.) Nutrition values are representative of one cupcake.
Ingredients
25 ounce
Vanilla Cupcake Kit with Strawberry Frosting
(Contains: Eggs, Milk, Wheat)
Nutrition Values
Cooking Steps
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bring ½ cup unsalted butter to room temperature.
In a medium bowl, whisk together oil and sugar until combined. Whisk in vanilla and 1 egg until smooth. Wash and dry whisk.
In a second medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Slowly add flour mixture and ⅔ cup milk to the oil mixture, alternating dry ingredients and milk; stir until just combined.
Arrange the cupcake cups on the baking sheet. Divide batter evenly among cupcake cups, filling each just over half full. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 18-22 minutes. Let cool to room temperature.
Meanwhile, in a third medium bowl, beat softened butter with a hand mixer until pale, then slowly add confectioners’ sugar and food coloring. Beat for 2-3 minutes. Stir in strawberry jam and 1 tablespoon milk or water until smooth and creamy.
Fold the top of the piping bag over your hand to form a cuff; add frosting. Unfold bag and twist to close. Snip about 1 inch off the tip of the bag; push frosting down to the tip of the bag. Evenly pipe frosting onto cupcakes.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the taste, but some found the cupcakes bland or too sweet. The strawberry frosting was a hit for its natural flavor 🍓.
- Ease of prep: Simple to make with pre-portioned ingredients; no special equipment needed. Hand-whisking works fine for mixing.
- Suggestions: Let cupcakes cool completely before frosting. For stronger vanilla flavor, consider adding extra extract to the batter.
- Texture: Some found the cake dense or dry; aim for a lighter, moister crumb by carefully measuring ingredients.
- Frosting: The strawberry jam adds great flavor. For less sweetness, try reducing sugar or using cream cheese frosting instead.
Reviews from our home cooks
These were spectacular. Some advice: 1. It's not immediately clear what you're supposed to do with the milk. But in mixing the wet and dry ingredients, you add the milk in then too. I think it would have been easier to just add it in with the egg. But what do I know? 2. Do let the cupcakes cool before you frost them or you'll have a real mess. I did two right away just to taste and test and I will definitely be letting the rest of them cool first.
These are very good. Didn't even take too long. Don't even need a muffin pan or mixer. I would suggest an electric mixer to make the frosting however. I like that the red dye was actually a beet powder not a synthetic dye.
Ok yall, the directions state to USE AN electric mixer, but I whipped the butter by hand, worked just fine. A little dry, but the frosting was excellent.
Fun to make. A bit sweet. The 'food coloring' didn't do much. The strawberry jam was the best part. Overall good.
It was hard for me to get the frosting on neatly. Mine looked messy. However, I liked the strawberry flavor and the pretty pink striped cups and the pink frosting.
The strawberry frosting was very tasty, and not too sweet!
So easy to make. In fact I used a hand whisk for everything. So delicious and cute! I love it!
These were incredible! My kids made them with my wife and it was so fun. Delicious cupcakes, taste like they're from a bakery!!
These are delicious! Love the natural ingredients and they look so cute
This was so perfect! I had my godkids over for a slumber party and this was such a fun activity!
